The Portland daily press., 1887-06-21
sHARP's TRIAL.
The Defendants Imprisonment Has
No Bad Effects on Him.
Continuation of the Examination of
the Witnesses.
Testimony which Is Damaging to
Sharp's Case.

NEW YORK. June 20.-Jacob Sharp's con-
fnement in Ludlow Street Jail seems to
have had no bad effect upon him. He was
quite cheerful when he appeared this MORN
ing before Judge Barrett in court. Secretary
I. +. MacLean, Sharp's secretary, was re-
called, and testified to the transfer Of q certi-
ficate Of $500 shares of Broadway Road to
Sharp, and also that 1t was the only certif-
cate issued. He said he had. never seen any
of the Broadway bonds in Sharp's pos
session.
John II. Pentz. one O.. the Broadway Sur
face Road Directors, next testified that he
voted for the two issues of bonds referred to,
but he did not know who offered the resolu-
tions, who were present at the meetings,
whether the bonds were issued or not, or
who got them II they were issued. He un-
derstood that Mr.. Sharp got them, but that
was only heresay.
William Bird was recalled to testify to his
action as Director Of the Broadway Surface
Road. Mr.. Soshay asked him TO be a direc-
tor He was certain that the resolutions Of
Tered In the Broadway. directors meeting
were passed without debate. AS treasurer
he signed the bonds Of the road in the libra
ry OF Robinson, Scribner and Bright. and
they were put in a safe in the office. He saw
them again in the latter part of June, 1885,
when Hayes signed them as trustee and they
were put back in the safe. Here it was ad-
mitted by both sides that the bonds were is
sued and delivered to Sharp in the latter
part Of June, 1885, the defence excepting to
the materiality Of the evidence.
John H. SelneS was recalled and testified
10 substantially the same things with refer
ence to his actions as director Of the Broad
way Surface Road, as the previous witness,
Lawyer John A. Scribner was also recalled
TO testify to his action as director. Either
MIR. Foshay or Mr.. Kerr requested him to act
as director. / have no doubt but that
drew the resolution directing the application
Tor an appointment of commissioners to Sc
cure the road through the street. The reso-
luton was proposed after it was found i'm
possible to obtain the consent of the prop
eIty owners prepared the bylaws. Arti-
Gle SIX provides for an executive committee
which was never. appointed. i recollect the
traffic agreement with the Broadway and
Seventh Avenue Railroad and the Twenty
third Street Railroad Companies which were
submitted to my firm. and we drew the resO-
iutlons to carry out the plans submitted. We
did not originate the plan. Messrs. Foshay,
Snarpr Kerr and Richmond submitted them,
Dut VINO was the spokesman don't know.
thompson Rogers, grandson Of Sharp,now
occupying the defendants farm at Rome n
r., was called to the stand. He was an in
corporator OF the Broadway Surface road,
and signed for ten shares at the request OF
Mr.. Mclean Of the sd street road He had
never paid or received anything for his
stock.
William J. Ramsay was recalled to identi-
fy some Of the minutes Of the 7th Avenue
directors, which he had transcribed at the
request Of Thomas B. Kerr. These were
the minutes Of July ed, when the company
issued S5o0,o00 Of bonds, when they had in
the safe Of the company 17S bonds Of the
original issue, $50 of them being negotiated
to carry inte effect the contract with the
Rr0adwaU SurfaQa ua
tain Mr.. Sharp was present at the meeting.
George H. Prentiss, a broker of miscella-
neous securities, of the firm Of George III.
Prentiss & Co., testified 81 know Kerr and
Sharp, and did Mr.. Foshay in the latter part
OF July, 1884. Messrs. Kerr and Foshay
called at my Office the latter part of July. II
was three or four days before Aug. I'd, on
which day / sold some bonds for them